Holocene environmental changes in the Ugii Nuur basin, Mongolia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 160-171

  Schwanghart, W ^a   Frechen, M ^b   Kuhn, N J ^a   Schutt B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Geoarchaeology; Lake sediments; Loess; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; STEPPE; VEGETATION;

ARHANGAY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; UGII LAKE;

EID: 67649458035     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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